Noticias del IIE
Las últimas noticias de Instituto Internacional e información sobre nuestras actividades
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE ON POETRY AND PROSE POETRY – POEM OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “To My Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet
This month, the English Reading Circle: Poetry and Prose Poetry group is going back to the beginning. We’ll be travelling back in time to the beginning of America, the beginning of American poetry, and the beginning of American women’s writing, with Anne Bradstreet’s “To My Dear and Loving Husband.” In 1650, Bradstreet’s volume of poetry,
¡Young Learners 1 empieza el curso con mucha energía!
Los alumnos de las clases de inglés Young Learners 1 han empezado en el Instituto, con sus clases después del colegio o los sábados por la mañana. Ha habido algo de sueño, pero…¡enseguida se han puesto las pilas para cantar, bailar, hablar, escuchar y hacer proyectos en inglés. Lo primero que había que hacer era
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE – SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “The Angel at the Grave” by Edith Wharton
Hello everyone. This month’s story is Edith Wharton’s “The Angel at the Grave,” first published in Scribner’s magazine in 1901. The story relates, among other things, the passage of a major literary figure’s legacy from one of universal acclaim to the dustbin of history, an obsolete relic from a forgotten past. Perhaps some of you
Introducing the American Cultural Studies Program (ACS)
What does the word “freedom” mean to an American? How has that meaning evolved over time? How does American literature differ region to region? What do those differences tell us about regional identity in the United States? What effect has Hollywood had on mythologizing the American experience? What films deserve to be considered “mythic”? What
XX Aniversario de “Coloquio sobre la mujer: España y Estados Unidos”
XX Aniversario de “Coloquio sobre la mujer: España y Estados Unidos” La celebración en 2015 del XX aniversario del “Coloquio sobre la mujer: España y Estados Unidos” invita una reflexión sobre el significado de esta serie a lo largo de tres décadas y de los temas que hemos escogido y discutido con el propósito de
Cine foro sobre cine americano : aspectos a considerar durante la visualización de la película para el posterior debate
LA CONQUISTA DEL OESTE – Es una superproducción de la Major Metro Goldwyn Mayer, planteada a primeros de los años 60 para superar la decadencia creativa y artística que comenzaba a sufrir el Western, tras su esplendor en los años 50. Pregunta: ¿Crees que la película aporta algo a la producción previa de westerns?
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE – SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH ANALYSIS: “EVERYDAY USE” BY ALICE WALKER
This month’s story is Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use,” first published in 1973. While this story is predicated on an understanding of the state of the African-American community in the early 1970s, it isn’t necessary that you be completely up-to-date on this history in order for you to register its impact. The lessons of “Everyday Use”
Reader’s Theater for Adults – Session Script Background
Father Knows Best is an American radio and television comedy series which portrayed a middle class family life in the Midwest. It was created by Ed James in the 1940s. The series began August 25, 1949, on NBC Radio. It’s time slot was 8:30 p.m. (Eastern) on Thursday nights. It ran on radio from 1949
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE – POETRY AND PROSE POETRY: “ESSAY ON DEPARTURE” / “PANTOUM POEM” /“A MAN WITH SONS” BY MARILYN HACKER
Autumn is well under way, and we have some delightful seasonal poems to read as the days get shorter, the nights get a little spookier, and we spend more time indoors. For me, Marilyn Hacker’s “Essay on Departure” (2006) evokes that feeling of ghostliness that marks the change of season from summer to autumn. The
Calendario de lecturas y fechas de encuentro: English Reading Circle on Short Stories
ENGLISH READING CIRCLE ON SHORT STORIES Cycle 2015-2016: American Women’s Writing October 27th: Alice Walker, “Everyday Use” November 17th: Edith Wharton, “The Angel at the Grave” December 15th: Lorrie Moore, “How to become a writer” January 19th: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, “A New England Nun” February 23rd: Leslie Marmon Silko, “Yellow Woman” March 15th: Kate
